Dr. Xiao Chi Zhang is the assistant professor and assistant clerkship director of Emergency Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University. He is a triple graduate from Tufts University and he completed his residency at Brown University. Dr. Zhang is a teacher, a loving father, a devoted husband, and a vocal advocate for Asian American and Pacific Islander, AAPI, communities. He has won multiple teaching awards, received numerous national education grants, and he is one of the national leaders in advising medical students in Emergency Medicine. Follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/XCZhangMD ___ 0:00 - Intro 0:44 - Statistics About Emergency Medicine 3:28 - What Is Emergency Medicine? 6:20 - Why Emergency Medicine? 15:54 - What Was EM Residency Like? 20:13 - Advise for Med Students on Ranking and Choosing Programs 23:03 - How Is It Being an Attending? 24:44 - Average Day/Week of an EMT 30:10 - People/Events That Have Inspired You Into Teaching Students? 31:35 - Being a Mentor and Advice on Finding Mentors 36:20 - Tips for Fighting off Burnout 41:00 - Memorable Patient Encounter 48:35 - Emergency Medicine During COVID-19 56:13 - If I Give You $100 Million, What Would You Do? 59:13 - How Much Do You Sleep? 1:01:07 - Best Things About Being an EM Doctor 1:03:05 - Worst Things About Being an EM Doctor 1:04:32 - Things You Wish You Knew Before Going Into EM? 1:06:19 - Myths About EM Doctors 1:09:55 - Characteristics of a Student for EM 1:10:59 - Advice for Students Looking Into EM 1:15:10 - Future of Emergency Medicine 1:17:45 - Advice to People to Have a Successful/Long-Term Career 1:20:48 - Your Future Plans 1:21:23 - Favorite Books/Shows 1:24:44 - Things That Would Have Been Done Differently in Your Career? 1:26:25 - Specific Advice for Students Going Into EM  1:27:29 - Closing Message 1:28:30 - Outro ___ Resources Dr. Glaucomflecken Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@DGlaucomflecken/featured The Bear on Hulu - https://www.hulu.com/series/the-bear-05eb6a8e-90ed-4947-8c0b-e6536cbddd5f The House of God by Samuel Shem - https://a.co/d/ghPwLd5 ___ View the Show Notes Page for This Episode for transcript and more information: zhighley.com/podcast ___ Connect With Zach Main YouTube: @ZachHighley  Newsletter: https://zhighley.com/newsletter/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachhighley/?hl=en Website: https://zhighley.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/zachhighley Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-highley-gergel-44763766/ Business Inquiries: [email protected] ___ Listen for Free Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/23TvJdEBAJuW5WY1QHEc6A?si=cf65ae0abbaf46a4 Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-zach-highley-show/id1666374777 ___ Welcome to the Zach Highley Show, where we discuss personal growth and medicine to figure out how to improve our lives. My name is Zach and I’m a medical student, and soon to be physician, in Philadelphia. Throughout these episodes I’ll interview top performers from around the world in business, life, and medicine in hopes of extracting the resources and techniques they use to get to the top. The best way to help the show is share episodes on any platform. If you think a friend or family member will like a certain episode, send it to them! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.